Cutting force dispersing cutting mat

ABSTRACT

A cutting mat for dispersing cutting force has an entity which comprises of at least an elastic buffer substrate which tan disperse the cutting force, two anti-puncture layers at the top and bottom of the elastic buffer substrate respectively, and two cutting close binders at the top and bottom of two anti-puncture lavers respectively. The entity is a multi-layer structure of at least five layers, and the thickness of said elastic buffer substrate is greater than single anti-puncture layer and single cutting close binder. Therefore, the user uses a cutter for downward cutting on the surface of the cutting close binder, the down pressure force is dispersed and absorbed by the elastic buffer substrate. In long-term repeated cutting action, the cut object on the cutting close binder can be cut off easily without damaging the entity, so as to enhance the service life and convenience of products greatly.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a cutting mat, and moreparticularly to a cutting mat which has the function of dispersingcutting force.

2. Description of Related. Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98

A cutting mat is used to avoid cutting the tabletop when cuttingarticles. It is put under the cut object, so that the user can cut onthe cutting mat surface to attain said purpose.

The known universal cutting mat 01 structure, as shown in FIG. 1, is amostly rigid single-ply plate, and certainly obstructs the cut objectand prevents the tabletop from being cut. However, the defect in theknown cutting mat 01 structure is shown in FIG. 2. When the user uses acutter 02 (e.g. a cutting disc) for cutting on the surface of cuttingmat 01, as the cutting mat 01 is not designed with any butter structure,it cannot absorb or disperse the external pressure force (see arrow F1).Therefore, the reaction force generated by the cutting mat duringcutting is completed fed back to the cutting mat surface (see arrow F2,i.e. the cutter contacts the cutting mat directly). A long-term repeatedcutting action is likely to cut off the cutting mat, resulting inbreakage, so that the lifetime of cutting mat is shortened greatly, andthe consumer's willingness to use is reduced greatly.

Thus, to overcome said problems of the prior art, it would be anadvancement if the art to provide an improved structure that cansignificantly improve the efficacy.

Therefore, the inventor has provided the present invention ofpracticability after deliberate design and evaluation based on years ofexperience in the production, development and design of relatedproducts.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The cutting mat with the function of dispersing cutting force revealedin the present invention is a multi-layer structure of at least fivelayers composed of an elastic buffer substrate, two anti-puncture layersand two cutting close binders. In comparison to previous technologies,when the user uses a cutter for downward cutting on the surface ofcutting close binder, the down pressure force is dispersed and absorbedby the elastic buffer substrate, so that the reaction force generated bythe entity will not be completely fed back to the surface of cuttingclose binder. Therefore, in long-term repeated cutting action, the cutobject on the cutting close binder can be cut off easily withoutdamaging the entity. Therefore, the present invention can improve thepractical evolutionarities of products greatly, such as service life,convenience and consumer willingness to use.

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferredembodiment, it is to be understood that many other possiblemodifications and variations can be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the known cutting mat.

FIG. 2 is a reference diagram showing the operating conditions of theknown cutting mat.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a broken-out section view of various layers of the presentinvention.

FIG. 5 is a reference diagram showing operating conditions of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Please refer to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, which show the preferred embodimentsof this cutting mat with the function of dispersing cutting force. Theembodiments are for illustration only, not limited to this structure inpatent application. Said Cutting mat comprises of an entity 10, theentity 10 comprising an elastic buffer substrate 20 which can dispersethe cutting force, two anti-puncture layers 30 at the top and bottom ofthe elastic buffer substrate 20 respectively, and two cutting closebinders 40 at the top and bottom of two anti-puncture lavers 30 (PVCmaterial, but not limited to this). Let the entity 10 be a multi-layerstructure of at least five layers, and it can be turned Over (theuppermost layer and the bottommost layer are cutting close binder 40).

The thickness of said elastic buffer substrate 20 must be greater thansingle anti-puncture layer 30 and single cutting close binder 40. Inaddition, the material of the elastic buffer substrate 20 is preferredto be soft foam material or soft rubber material. Other materials likeflexible plastics can be used for the present invention, and this partis not limited.

Based on said structure, when the user uses a cutter 50 for downwardcutting on the surface of cutting close binder 40 the down pressureforce (see arrow F3 in FIG. 5) can he dispersed and absorbed b theelastic buffer substrate 20, so that the reaction force generated by theentity 10 (see arrow F4 in FIG. 5) will not be completely fed back tothe surface of cutting close binder 40. Therefore, in long-term repeatedcutting action, the cut object on the cutting close binder 40 can be cutoff easily without penetrating or damaging the entity 10. Said cutter 50can be a cutting disc or a utility knife. This embodiment uses cuttingdisc, and the present invention has more obvious effect on cutting disc.Therefore, in comparison to the known bard single-ply cutting mat 01structure, the present invention can improve the practicalevolutionarities of products greatly, such as lifetime, convenience andconsumer willingness.

As shown in FIG. 4, the thickness of the elastic buffer substrate 20 canbe 3-5 mm in the implementation of the present invention, the thicknessof single anti-puncture layer 30 is 1-2 mm, and the thickness of singlecutting close binder 40 is 0.3-0.5 mm. The structural thickness ofvarious layers is preferred to be within said ranges, but not limited tothem.

1. A cutting mat with the function of dispersing cutting force, saidcutting mat has an entity which comprises of at least: an elastic buffersubstrate which can disperse the cutting force, two anti-puncture layersat the top and bottom of the elastic huller substrate respectively andtwo cutting close binders at the top and bottom of two anti-puncturelayers respectively; the entity is a multi-layer structure of at leastfive layers, and the thickness of said elastic buffer substrate must begreater than single anti-puncture layer and single cutting close binder;therefore, when the user uses a cutter for downward cutting on thesurface of cutting close binder, the down pressure force is dispersedand absorbed by the elastic buffer substrate, so that the reaction forcegenerated b the entity will not be completely fed back to the surface ofcutting close binder; in long-term repeated cutting action, the cutobject on the cutting dose binder can be cut off easily without damagingthe entity, so as to enhance the service life and convenience ofproducts greatly.
 2. The structure defined in claim 1, wherein thethickness of the elastic buffer substrate is 3-5 mm, the thickness ofsingle anti-puncture layer is 1-2 mm, and the thickness of singlecutting close binder is 0.3-0.5 mm.
 3. The structure defined in claim 1,wherein the elastic buffer substrate is made of soft foam material orsoft rubber material.
 4. The structure defined in claim 3, wherein saidcutter is a cutting disc or a utility knife.